In the 1920s, Pierre Montet was one of the first Archaeologists to excavate the site believed to be Tanis (Yoyotte, 1988, p.16). …show more content…
When historians look at ancient sites they need to analyze whether the materials they find are from that site originally, or whether they been taken from elsewhere and recycled. As a result of this some excavators to misidentified the location of Tanis (Yoyotte, 1988, p.16). Fortunately for those whom first begun excavating the suspected location of Tanis, the site had been well preserved. Many conditions are involved with how well a site is preserved, for Tanis it was due to the inaccessible location and the muddy grassland it was built on (Yoyotte, 1988, p.16). If Tanis were in a different location that was more reachable it can be concluded that it would not have been as well conserved as it is today. This would have made it more challenging for Archaeologists to identify the